Twitter Rant: Mike Sweeney on ‘New Screenwriting Rules’

Mike Sweeney co-wrote (along with Nick Creature) the spec script “The Mayor of Shark City,” a story of the making of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a script which made the 2013 Black List. Mike and Nick are also rewriting the Paramount project “Sanctuary”.

Yesterday Mike bumped into a couple of troubling items in the online screenwriting universe eliciting these reactions:

Thus inspired, Mike went on a rant and tweeted the following [reprinted by permission]:

Mike’s rant wonderfully points out the absurdity of so-called screenwriting ‘rules’. If you want to read more, you can check out my 15 part series on the subject here.

Follow Mike on Twitter: @Courier12. Also his writing partner Nick Creature: @CreatureAmongUs.

Mike and Nick are currently at work on a graphic novel adaptation.

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